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Usages of le rond-point
Au rond-point, nous restons prudents jusqu’à ce qu’une voiture s’arrête au passage piéton.
At the roundabout, we stay careful until a car stops at the crosswalk.
Au prochain rond-point, tu tournes à droite, puis tu traverses au passage piéton.
At the next roundabout, you turn right, then you cross at the crosswalk.
Nous étions sur le point de traverser quand une voiture a tourné trop vite au rond-point.
We were about to cross when a car turned too fast at the roundabout.
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Every French noun is either masculine or feminine, and this affects the articles and adjectives used with it. "Le" is used with masculine nouns and "la" with feminine ones. Adjectives also change form to match — for example, "petit" (masc.) becomes "petite" (fem.).
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